Keg-rinser.



' J. H. G. ZUNNBR a; ApHERRMANN.

VKEG RINSER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.30, 1911.`

'Ilochesten in the county of Monroe and .casing 23, of which the upper end is seated keg Z.

YUTED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

JOHN E. G. ZUNNER, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, AND ALFRED HERRMANN, 'oF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNoRs 'ro zUNNnR MACHINES COMPANY, oF RooHEs- TER, NEW YORK.

KEG-RINSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 30, 1911.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912. :snai No. 646,864.

5' 1o all ur'f'iom it may concern..

Be it known. that we, JOHN il, G. ZIINNER, a citizenoi the United States, residing at State ot Yew "1.' crk, and Airuno 'Hennie-WN, a citizen ot the German Empire, residing at Chicago-` in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Keg-Rinsers, of which the: following is a specification.

rPhis invention relates to keg-rinsers of the type in which a jet or spray of water,

mingled with steam or air, is blown into the i keg through the bung-hole.

The object of the invention is to provide a valve-mechanism, for such devices, ot' simple and elticient form, and particularly such ay mechanism in which the steam or air is employed effectively to inject the water into the keg.

To the tort-frein end the invention consists in the df icf` hereinafter described, as it is defined iu the succeeding claim.

The drawing illustrates a portion of a keg-rinser embodying valvemechanism constructed in accordance with the present invention, the valve-mechanism and adjacent parts being shpw; in vertical section.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention is a keg-rinser in which thel kegs are supported upon two rails 1, these rails being mounted upon standards or legs 2. A trough 3, carried by the rails, collects the water which runs from the kegs.

The part of the machine to which the present invent-ion particularly relates is the valve-mechanism shown in. section in the dra-wing. This mechanism is supported upon a web 35 forming a part ot' the frame ot the machine, and 1t comprises a valvein a boss 3i' in the web, being secured therein by a lock-nut 38. A nozzle 13 screwed in the upper end of the valve-casing is adapted to project through the bung-hole 14 of a The valve-casing 23 has an outlet-port, communicating directly with the nozzle 13, and two inlet-ports. The upper inlet-port is supplied, through a pipe 16, with hot or cold water, the water being discharged into port 22 normal. 1S.

. the keg.

an upper chamber 15 of the casing. The. lower inlet-port 22 is supplied, through a i pipe 21, with steam or compressed air, the

supply of the latter fluid being derived,i

through a pipe 32, from any suitable source of supply and controlled by a hand-valve 33.

ll'ithin the valve-casing is a vertically movable valve-stem 1S which carries, at. its upperend, a valve 17 normally engaging a seat and closing the outlet-port, as shown in the drawing. Since the upper inlet-port is always open the chamber 15 is constantly tilled with water under pressure, so that whenever the valve is drawn downwardly 'from its seat water passes through the outlet-port and the nozzle 13. The lower inletosed by the valve-stem This stom is provided, however, with a central longitudinal passage 24e having a lateral inlet opening 25 at its lower end. 1When the valve-stein is suliciently depressed, therefore, the opening 25 may be brought into register with the inlet-port 22, whereupon compressed air or steam Hows through the passage 24- and `is discharged upwardly through the center of the. outlet-port and through the nozzle 13.

A yoke 26 depending from thevalve-casing 23 supports the lower end of a compression-spring 20', of which the upper end engages a uut 27 on the valve-stem. By the action of this spring the valve is normally held in closed position as illustrated. A pedal-lever 19 is pivoted, however, on a pin 28 at the lower end ol the valve-stem, and one end of this lever is connected, by a link 2S), with a member $30 of the frame of the machine. Accordingly, by depressing the other end of the. pedal-lever, the valve-stem may he drawn downwardly against the oppcsition of' the spriner 2 0. The first part of .this movement causes the valjve 17 to leave its seat, so that water alone is injected into By a .tui-ther movement of the pedal, air or steam is also introduced in the marmer above described. v

The valve-mechanism of the present invention not only provides for the admission to the keg at will, of Water alone, orof a mixture of water and steam or compressed air', but it also provides for the eiicient action of the latter in producinga powerful blast or spray. Owing to the position of the passage 24 in the middle of the valve 17, this passage discharges the air or steam directly int-o the middle of the stream of Water passing through the nozzle, thus causing the nozzle lo act as an aspirator in which the flow of wateris powerfully assisted,whilo the stream is Qfeotually broken up into a, spray in which lthe Water and the mr or steam are thoroughly nungled.

l/Ve claim Valve-meohnism for keg-rnsets @pgpris? ing, incombinaton, a spoot, @daptecl to`tls Charge into a legll; @bombole having an out` letpont clisli- 'ging into the. spout-"and two sepzintef. Iogigsl a spring-controlled YlYi llijilzllly uapted to close the outletpQxf-t, n stem or the valve adapted toolose one of the inlet-ports Whenthe Valve closes the outlet-port and longitlidinally perfgn,

rnted to provide' a. duct adapted to clisehgrge du'ectly lmt-o the spoutl on@ to, make connection between the lestI mentioned inlet-port guesses JOHN H. G. ZUNNER. ALFRED HERRMANN.

Www-ses as to John H. Gr. Zunnexf.:

C. S. EMISg D. GURNEE.

\\`tnesses as to AlfreflHerrmann:

H. ENGELHARDT, A. E. HUNTLEY.

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